Facultyof Business Administration

Springer has just released a new, updated version of Prof. Dr. Jan Recker’s classic textbook Scientific Research in Information Systems: A Beginner’s Guide.

Since it was first published in 2012, tens of thousands of copies print and e-copies of the book have been sold.

It is used at 500 institutions in over 60 countries.

Despite increasing numbers of vaccinations, more than 90 percent of people are looking with increasing disquiet at the spread of new virus mutations and a potential fourth wave in the fall. This was the finding from the current European COvid Survey (ECOS) conducted between 21 June and 6 July 2021. Despite this, the...

The Faculty has two finalists in the Association of European Operational Research Societies’ Excellence in Practice Award 2021 for top research with a clear practical application.

The two teams are:

Two Faculty doctoral graduates were awarded prizes at the European Marketing Academy Conference (EMAC) earlier this month.

Dr. Kai Widdecke – supervised by Prof. Dr. Karen Gedenk – won best dissertation for his thesis on the effect of order kiosks on consumer purchasing behavior.

Dr. Jochen Hartmann was part of a team that...

Dr. Matthes Koch, Dr. Justus Bonz and Tobias Vlcek from the Faculty’s Institute for Transport Economics have developed a mathematical solution to allow stadiums to be filled to capacity whilst maintaining physical distancing under COVID-19 regulations.

The model assumes that spectators should not have to sit alone, as they...

Although the German public has been behind the containment measures since the coronavirus pandemic began over a year ago, an about-face is becoming apparent. A representative survey conducted by the Hamburg Center for Health Economics (HCHE) at Universität Hamburg has found that almost every second person disagrees with the...

Prof. Dr. Jan Christof Recker has been appointed to the Professorship for Information Systems and Digital Innovation. The Faculty is delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Recker, who has established an excellent reputation for research in digital transformation and digital entrepreneurship.

Prior to coming to the Faculty at the...

Stefanie Nonnsen, who is an administrative staff member at the Faculty of Business Administration, has been named equal opportunity commissioner for the technical, library and administrative staff at the University.

As motivation for taking on the role, Nonnsen wrote: “In the last few years, equal opportunities has become...

As part of a new research project funded by the DFG,  Prof. Dr. Esra Eren Bayindir and Prof. Dr. Jonas Schreyögg (both HCHE) together with Prof. Dr. Robert Fuchs from the Institute for English and American Studies at the Universität Hamburg will be examine the influence of public discourse on the use of health care in...